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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2003
Julian Arnedo, Barcelona, ES;
Antonio Basora, Barcelona, ES;
SEB S. A., Ecully, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a toaster in which the housing ( ) comprises: a toasting chamber ( ); a toast rack ( ), which can move vertically inside said chamber ( ) between an eject position and a toasting position; a driver ( ), which is linked to the toast rack ( ), is slide mounted on a vertical column ( ) and is used to lower the toast rack ( ) from the eject position, in which the driver ( ) is returned by an elastic means ( ), to the toasting position, in which the driver ( ) is held in place by an unlockable means ( ); and a rising damping device comprising a piston ( ) which can slide vertically along a determined path in a housing ( ) that is solidly connected to the drive and the upper face of which can come into contact with a stop end ( ) located in the top part of the housing ( ). According to the invention, the housing ( ) is tubular and the piston ( ) of the damping device is also formed by a tubular part, said housing ( ) and piston ( ) being coaxially mounted around the vertical column ( ).